gnash
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Or Disney’s “Frozen,” from 2013, where wolves gnash as they pursue the heroine.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
“I hate him. I hate him so much it makes me gnash my teeth,” she said in the interview.
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021
“Go weep or gnash your teeth for Katie – and, no it’s not fair! – but we must hold that seat,” she said.
From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2019
He says his daughters have seen him gnash his teeth when he talks about his father, but they also have heard him speak lovingly of the man who taught him compassion and other virtues.
From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2018
The quiet was disturbed only by the slup of soup and gnash of chewing, and his father waved his hand to try to drive the moths away from the chimney of the kerosene lamp.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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The House of Hades
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